Elizabeth Garner Masarik is an historian of the welfare state and women in Progressive Era America. She is a PhD candidate in history at the University at Buffalo, a lecturer in American history, and is working on her dissertation. She is a 2017-18 Fellow in the University at Buffalo Institute for the Research on Women and Gender. Masarik is a contributor to the digital history magazine, Nursing Clio. She is also a core producer for Dig History Podcast, whose responsibilities include content creation, production, and digital marketing. Masarik holds a BA from the University of Texas at Austin and an MA from the University at Buffalo. Her expected conferral date is spring 2019.